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Glorney -v- König

Posted on August 11, 2019 by David McAlister

The Glorney Cup was held last month at Carrickdale Hotel and Spa, Co Louth, 71 years after the initial competition between schoolboy teams representing Ireland and England took place in Dublin on the 26th and 27th August 1948. We have … Continue reading →

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Irish champions

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Sean Coffey

A new page listing all Irish champions, in descending order of number of championships won, has been added.

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P. B. Kennedy and the Irish Championship 1949

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Sean Coffey

The Irish Championship of 1949, held in Galway, ended 70 years ago today. The event was a 7-round Swiss—the first time the Swiss system was used for an Irish Championship–with 16 players. The field included the defending champion, Dónal J. … Continue reading →

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Brian Canton 1930-2019

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Sean Coffey

Brian Canton, formerly of Clontarf and Dublin C.C.s, died on July 7. He was a member of the Clontarf club that was founded in the early 1950’s and that won the Armstrong Cup twice, in 1953 and 1955, and the … Continue reading →

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Irish championship players, updated

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Sean Coffey

The lists of Irish championship players have been updated to include the 2018 championship: see the full list in descending order of number of championships played, and the same in alphabetical order. Two errors have been corrected: Previously “W. Laveney” … Continue reading →

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Déiseach – Spassky, World Junior Championship 1955

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Sean Coffey

Alan McGowan, ChessScotland’s historian, has sent the photo above, for which many thanks. The third World Junior Championship was held in Antwerp, from July 21 to August 9, 1955. Ireland’s representative was Donal Déiseach of Clontarf C.C., then Armstrong Cup … Continue reading →

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Flannery – Kennefick, West of Ireland Open 1976

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Sean Coffey

Here’s another game of Maurice Kennefick’s (missing up to now from the ICU games archive) from the inaugural West of Ireland Open in 1976. (This series of events was held in Galway from 1976 to around 1980.) CHESS (Sutton Coldfield) … Continue reading →

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Maurice Kennefick: the early years

Posted on February 17, 2019 by David McAlister

Maurice Kennefick  came to the fore in the late 1960s when he was an undergraduate student at University College Cork. In the course of the 1965-66 season, his first year at university, he rapidly moved from the junior ranks to … Continue reading →

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Maurice Kennefick 1946-2018

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Sean Coffey

Maurice Kennefick, who was one of Munster’s strongest players in the 1960’s and 1970’s before switching to a long and successful playing career in bridge, died on December 31, 2018. Maurice Kennefick, circa 2011 He played in 7 Irish championships … Continue reading →

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Sam Ferris, ca. 1937-2018

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Sean Coffey

The UCU web site has a recent news item announcing the death of the veteran Belfast South / Fisherwick player Sam Ferris. Sam Ferris Fisherwick C.C., 2006 (Photo from David McAlister, for which many thanks.) He made headlines when he … Continue reading →

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